With the assumption that Alabama has not changed their Schedule A instructions from 2019 to 2020, then yes, you can still take unreimbursed employee business expenses in Alabama and yes, it is subject to 2% of Alabama Adjusted Gross Income.
To do this in TurboTax Online,
- Go through the state interview.
- At the Let's Check for any Alabama Deductions page, scroll down to Job Expenses and click start and report the applicable details.
- TurboTax will automatically report the information necessary on your Alabama return from what you entered.
The Alabama Department of Revenue typically grants access to all their forms and instructions including Instructions for Form 40. However, they have not yet posted the Form 40 tax booklet for 2020.
If you want to check if these instructions have been added, scroll to the bottom of Alabama Access to Tax Forms and select individual and 2020 from the dropdowns to check if it has been added.
When Form-40 Instructions for 2020 are added, for specifics about unreimbursed employee business expenses, follow these steps:
- Click on Instructions in the left column under Number to open the instructions.
- Open a search by holding Ctrl + F and type in Unreimbursed Employee Business Expense
